Caregiver sues former employer, claiming $162,000 in lost wages By LAURIE MONSEBRAATEN Social Justice Reporter Sun., May 29, 2011 At 21, Lilliane Namukasa left Uganda to make a new life in Canada as a live-in caregiver for two small children. But after working full-time for two years, she was paid just $2,100 by her Brampton employer and then fired without cause, forcing her into a homeless shelter, Namukasa says in a claim filed in Ontario Superior Court. Child-care workers Lilliane Namukasa, left, and Vivian de Jesus are suing their former employers for unpaid wages and wrongful dismissal. ( ADRIEN VECZAN FOR THE TORONTO STAR ) This is despite an employment contract that entitled Namukasa to receive approximately $22,000 a year, before taxes, minus $2,860 for room and board, she says in the claim. Namukasa is seeking $162,000 for breach of contract and unpaid wages, statutory holiday pay and vacat...